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J.K. Rowling wins Harry Potter encyclopedia lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson has ruled Steven Vander Ark's "Harry Potter Lexicon" website and proposed book infringe on copyrights held by author J.K. Rowling, and awarded Rowling and Warner Bros. -- a division of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) ...
Universal to create Harry Potter theme park
Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) Warner Brothers and General Electric's (NYSE: GE) Universal Studios have pulled off the magic trick of the decade by gaining the rights to create a theme park based on J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series. "The Wizarding ...
Which companies get extra credit in Obama's school address?
Given the recent controversy over Obama's address to school children Tuesday, I was interested to see the speech released on the White House web site. While not all schools will be showing the speech, it is still likely to have a huge audience of ...
Money Face-Off Big Winners: Oprah, Tiger Woods, Ivanka Trump, Erin Burnett
It's been three weeks since our Money Face-Off feature ran here at BloggingStocks and on AOL, offering you the opportunity to share who you though had the financial edge in a series of twenty head-to-head match-ups. So I thought I'd take another look ...
Money Face-Off: JRR Tolkien vs. JK Rowling
This post is part of our Money Face-Offs feature. Let us know who you think comes out ahead in this head-to-head match-up, and check out our other Money Face-Off posts.
"I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way." -- Frodo ...
Harry Potter and the Pots of Gold
In the run up to this weekend's release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I stand in awe at the product of J.K. Rowling's imagination. She didn't strike oil, or invent a new telephone, or ...
Harry Potter book sells for $4 million to benefit disadvantaged children
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a book of fairy tales created, hand-written and illustrated by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, sold for nearly $4 million at a Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) auction on Thursday. The book is one of seven copies Rowling made, ...
Harry Potter casts a binding spell upon eBay
In a move which shall surely tint the color of eBay operations, Harry Potter creator and author J.K. Rowling has prevailed in an Indian court and has won an injunction against eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) demanding the immediate suspension of sales ...
Is the last book the end of Potter mania?
So that's all folks. The last Harry Potter book has dropped and more than a few of you will have already finished the book by the time you read this. This leads to an important (or at least interesting) question: Will the Potter profits continue to ...
Harry Potter and the 12 million order
July 21, 2007, the book stores of America will stay open late, keep staff happy with extra coffee and happily pay all the overtime necessary. The new Harry Potter book will be out and available for every kid and parent to peruse. It will be the ...
Bloomin' heck! Only 67 days until we learn Harry Potter's fate
It's been a decade in the making, but the seven-volume story of Harry Potter and all of his friends and foes is finally getting ready to come full circle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the series by J.K. Rowling ...
The Harry Potter magic turns film into gold
With a $44.8 million day, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix set a new record for Wednesday premieres. Twelve million copies of Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows are flying off the presses of Scholastic Corp.'s (NASDAQ:SCHL) Scholastic Press ...
Harry Potter doesn't even need Muggle marketing
Boarding a train into Manhattan on Monday night, I found myself in a seat (rare in itself) across from an Oxford-wearing twenty-something engrossed in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth tale in the series, released just last week in ...
Pirated Potter showing up online?
Time will tell how big of an impact this makes but, for now, booksellers might want to be afraid. According to the Wall Street Journal: "Photographed pages allegedly from the highly anticipated final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series were ...
Before the bell: AMZN, GOOG, AAPL, MSFT, GSK, CKP ...
Before the bell: Futures higher following bank news, ahead of housing data Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) disclosed its "Best of 2007" lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products. While ...
Closing Bell: Economic Catapult for Thanksgiving & Black Friday (WMT, TGT, GRMN, GOOG, MSFT)
Deere up on Q4 earnings performance
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